[Board] [Fwd: Re: Map World Forum 2011]
Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)
tmitchell at osgeo.org
Thu Apr 1 08:51:14 PDT 2010
Geoff Zeiss (and others from OSGeo membership) are often at this event,
perhaps they can comment on this. It usually just means an
organisation has partnered to help coordinate part of a track or part of
the event. I think it's their term.
Tyler
Jeff McKenna wrote:
> Hi Board,
>
> I'm just doing my homework for the next meeting, and I came across this
> topic. I am very interested in assisting OSGeo in India, so this caught
> my eye. But I do have a question: this is the first time that I have
> heard of "Institutional Partner" - could someone explain this OSGeo term
> to me? Thanks.
>
> -jeff
>
>
>
> Arnulf Christl wrote:
>> Board,
>> the next meeting will take place on April first. Please read the agenda
>> [1] and get yourself updated beforehand. If you have a topic that needs
>> a motion please add it at least two days before the meeting so that we
>> can arrange for a phone connection and make sure we have quorum.
>>
>> Find attached an exchange between Annu Negi from GIS-Development Tyler
>> and me regarding an invitation extended to OSGeo for co-organizing the
>> Open Source seminar at World Map Forum 2011 in Hyderabad. This might be
>> worth a motion, please speak up if you feel the need for more
>> information.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Arnulf
>>
>> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2010-04-01
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Subject:
>> Re: Map World Forum 2011
>> From:
>> "Annu Negi" <annu.negi at gisdevelopment.net>
>> Date:
>> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:03:37 +0530
>> To:
>> "Arnulf Christl" <arnulf.christl at metaspatial.net>
>>
>> To:
>> "Arnulf Christl" <arnulf.christl at metaspatial.net>
>> CC:
>> <arnulf at osgeo.org>, "Tyler Mitchell \(OSGeo\)" <tmitchell at osgeo.org>,
>> "Geoff Zeiss" <geoff.zeiss at autodesk.com>, "Anamika Das"
>> <anamika.das at gisdevelopment.net>
>>
>>
>> Dear Mr. Christl,
>>
>> Great to read from you. We are thankful to OSGeo for accepting our
>> invitation to co-organise the seminar on Open Source at Map World
>> Forum and help us advertise and mobilise renowned speaker.
>>
>> I will eagerly wait for your confirmation on Institution partner (till
>> then I will keep my fingers crossed :) In terms of formalities there
>> is not much but would appreciate if we can get a line of confirmation
>> on your official letterhead, so that we can go ahead with the
>> endorsement and use OSGeo logo on the conference website.
>>
>> Once again, thank you for your support.
>>
>> with best regards,
>>
>> Annu Negi
>> Director - Conferences
>> GIS Development
>> A-145, Sector -63, Noida-201301,
>> UP, India
>> Phone: +91-120-4612504 (D)
>> Fax: +91-120-4612555/666
>> Mobile: +91-9810790723
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Arnulf Christl <mailto:arnulf.christl at metaspatial.net>
>> *To:* Annu Negi <mailto:annu.negi at gisdevelopment.net>
>> *Cc:* arnulf at osgeo.org <mailto:arnulf at osgeo.org> ; Tyler Mitchell
>> (OSGeo) <mailto:tmitchell at osgeo.org>
>> *Sent:* Saturday, March 13, 2010 6:25 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: Map World Forum 2011
>>
>> Dear Annu Negi,
>> sorry for not having responded earlier. I am in the transition out
>> of my
>> old company WhereGroup and starting to work on my new consultancy
>> Metaspatial [1] and there has been some confusion with my mail
>> accounts.
>> Additionally I am on travel first at the OGC Technical Committee
>> Meeting
>> in Italy[2], then at the IV Jornadas SIG conference in Girona[3]
>> and now
>> in Barcelona to meet with the local organizing committee of the
>> FOSS4G
>> 2010[4].
>>
>> Thank you for inviting OSGeo to World Map Forum 2011. I can
>> immediately
>> confirm that we will happily co-organize the Seminar on Open Source
>> Initiatives, help to advertise the event and contact and ask renowned
>> speakers to appear at the event.
>>
>> In order to formally appear as Institutional Partner the board of
>> directors will have to pass a motion. We have monthly meetings and I
>> will put this on the agenda for our next scheduled meeting on
>> April 1st.
>> Could you let us know whether any more formalities are needed from
>> our
>> or from your side?
>>
>> Please include our Executive Director Tyler Mitchell in all further
>> communication so that we are all up-to-date at all times.
>>
>> Please again accept my apologies for not having answered earlier.
>>
>> With best regards,
>> Arnulf Christl.
>>
>> (OSGeo President)
>>
>> [1] http://www.metaspatial.net
>> [2] http://www.opengeospatial.org/event/1003tc
>> [3] http://www.sigte.udg.edu/jornadassiglibre/index.php?page=jornadas
>> [4] http://2010.foss4g.org/
>>
>> On Fri, 2010-03-12 at 17:44 +0530, Annu Negi wrote:
>> > Dear Mr. Christl,
>> > > I will appreciate your response on our invitation.
>> > > with best regards,
>> > > Annu Negi
>> > Director - Conferences
>> > GIS Development
>> > A-145, Sector -63, Noida-201301,
>> > UP, India
>> > Phone: +91-120-4612504 (D)
>> > Fax: +91-120-4612555/666
>> > Mobile: +91-9810790723
>> > > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: Annu Negi
>> > To: arnulf at osgeo.org <mailto:arnulf at osgeo.org>
>> > Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 11:37 AM
>> > Subject: Map World Forum 2011
>> > > > > Dear Mr.
>> Arnulf Christl,
>> > > I thank you and OSGeo for having been
>> associated with GIS
>> > Development to create awareness and provide an effective
>> > platform for geospatial community at national, regional
>> and
>> > global levels.
>> > > Pursuing our mission, we are very
>> pleased to announce Map
>> > World Forum 2011 which is scheduled to be held at 17-21
>> > January 2011 at Hyderabad, India. Theme of Map World Forum
>> > shall be ‘Dimensions and Directions of Geospatial
>> Industry’,
>> > which shall deliberate upon various dimensions of this
>> > technology and provide directions to this industry with
>> > respect to emerging prospects and trends.
>> > > At Map World our intent is to provide an
>> opportunity to
>> > facilitate meaningful discussion and dialogue between
>> various
>> > stakeholders associated with geospatial industry including
>> > GIS, Surveying and remote sensing agencies, geospatial
>> > companies, academic institutions, policy makers and most
>> > importantly large user organisations. We propose to invite
>> > heads of mapping agencies, companies, associations,
>> users and
>> > policy making agencies from worldwide and expect to have
>> > fairly large representation of all the continents
>> worldwide.
>> > We have initiated our campaign and with the help of some
>> > organisations we are able to secure participation from at
>> > least 30 to 40 countries at senior levels.
>> > > I believe that OSGeo has contributed
>> significantly towards
>> > promoting the collaborative development of open geospatial
>> > technologies and data. Its contribution towards
>> advocacy for
>> > the open geospatial community and efforts to provide a
>> common
>> > forum and shared infrastructure for improving
>> cross-project
>> > collaboration is credible. In view of the significant
>> > contribution of OSGeo, we would like to invite the
>> Foundation
>> > to join hands with GIS Development and participate at Map
>> > World Forum as an Institutional Partner. We do believe
>> that
>> > Map World Forum is an appropriate platform for OSGeo to
>> create
>> > strong message to promote the use of open source within
>> the
>> > geospatial community, encourage the implementation of open
>> > standards and standard-based interoperability in
>> foundation
>> > projects.
>> > > As an institutional partner, we invite
>> OSGeo to be the
>> > co-organiser of a Seminar on “Open Source Initiatives”
>> to be
>> > held at Map World Forum.
>> > > GIS Development shall be happy to
>> provide conference halls,
>> > audio-visual support and promotion of the seminar
>> through Map
>> > World Forum brochure and promotional material. We expect
>> OSGeo
>> > to support and mobilise few international speakers who can
>> > demonstrate and showcase benefits of Open Source. I would
>> > appreciate if OSGeo can provide adequate promotion and
>> > advocacy to Map World Forum through its own network and
>> > website.
>> > > I would like to invite you to Chair and
>> Moderate the above
>> > proposed Symposium and GIS Development shall be able
>> provide
>> > local hospitality including hotel accommodation and local
>> > transport towards your participation.
>> > > with best regards,
>> > > Annu Negi
>> > GIS Development
>> > Director - Conferences
>> > A-145, Sector -63, Noida-201301,
>> > UP, India
>> > Phone: +91-120-4612504 (D)
>> > Fax: +91-120-4612555/666
>> > Mobile: +91-9810790723
>>
>>
>>
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